Stage Directions

Visitors to disguise at this year’s Prolight+Sound (Stand 4.0 C21) will meet the disguise team showcasing the upcoming r15 software release, their award winning gx range, the new HDMI 2.0 VFC card and their latest server, the solo.

For years, inherently flame-retardant (IFR) fabrics were restricted to 20-feet wide due to problems in manufacturing with the polyester fiber. But no longer. Gerriets introduces the world’s first ever 40’ wide inherently flame-retardant canvas, woven from high quality Trevira CS polyester on their own looms in Germany. 

Waves Audio, a provider of audio processing solutions, announces SoundGrid Rack for VENUE, enabling live sound engineers to run Waves plugins directly within Avid’s VENUE | S6L mixing console with tactile control from the console's surface knobs and integration in the VENUE software, thus eliminating the need for a computer host or an external network switch.
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The Best Boy Pocket Console^®-DMX just got better with the emergence of the improved Best Boy 2. Still made in USA, this new Best Boy 2 console is a more compact and robust version of the ubiquitous Pocket Console-DMX, the little DMX-512 console that has become THE go-to choice of lighting technicians, professionals, and students alike, when seeking fast, portable, and easy DMX device control.

Martin Audio announced two new subwoofers for its Wavefront precision line of speakers—an ultra-high output subwoofer, the SXH218; and the SXF115, a flyable 15” subwoofer.

Phil Watson, ChamSys USA Director, offers a video tour of the ChamSys MagicQ products featured at USITT 2018. Watson walks through some of the quick and easy to use features that will make programming faster and more successful.
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PR Lighting introduces the Omega moving zoom bar, an effect luminaire that can produce a zoomable blade of light. Mega-Systems distributes the PR Lighting products.{youtube}v=JjVfA1irIZg{/youtube}

A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of lighting, rigging and video technologies, announces the release of Follow-Me Lite, a remote follow spot control system at USITT, March 15-17, 2018 at the Broward Country Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A.C. Lighting will be in Booth #329 at USITT.
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ETC has released Paradigm 4.0 Software for its Unison Paradigm® system, which incorporates: energy monitoring options, including Demand Response; improved support for tunable white and color changing fixtures; extended support for Paradigm Inspire stations, including faders; and many software optimizations to make programming and customizing the system simpler than ever.

Lycian Stage Lighting announces the unveiling of its first LED followspot at USITT 2018 in Fort Lauderdale. The ZOT LED, a prototype of which was shown at LDI has had numerous improvements following that showing. USITT Stage Expo will be at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL, running March 15 - 17.